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tri-jet|ˈtraɪdʒɛt|
Also trijet.
[f. tri- + jet n.3]
An aircraft powered by three jet engines. Freq. attrib., as tri-jet airbus, tri-jet transport.
1968Economist 20 Apr. 24/3 Last month Eastern Air Lines and Trans World Airlines jumped in with orders to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for 94 of the new⁓look tri-jet transports. 1969New Scientist 13 Mar. 554/2 The tri-jet air bus to carry 350 is on the way. 1970Time 19 Jan. 44 Originally designed for shorter-range routes than the 747, the trijets are now being offered in stretched intercontinental versions. 1979Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 8/8 Boeing..will be extremely busy introducing two new twin-jet airliners and possibly a tri-jet as well. |